Negative regulation of the anti‐human immunodeficiency virus and chemotactic activity of human stromal cell‐derived factor 1α by CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV

Abstract
Stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) is a chemokine that has been shown to prevent infection of T-tropic HIV strains and is a possible substrate of CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV). In this study, we show that SDF-1α was cleaved at the N-terminal region by CD26/DPPIV and as a result the inhibitory activity of SDF-1α against HIV infection disappeared. Moreover, the chemotactic activity of SDF-1α also disappeared specifically by DPPIV activity of recombinant soluble CD26. These results suggested that dissemination of T-tropic HIV strains in vivo may be facilitated by CD26/DPPIV via inactivation of functional SDF-1α